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  • The same Casiri says, with regard to Fez, that it was founded by

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • I must observe here, that nothing is less authentic than the opinions given by Casiri in his Library of the Escurial, that by the word Algarb, they always mean the west of Spain, and by the word Almagreb, the west of

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • The University of Leyden still retains a manuscript treatise on the algebra of cubic equations, by Omar ibn Ibrahim; and Casiri, who, preserved and classed 1851 manuscripts, even after a fire had destroyed the magnificent collection or the Escurial, informs us, that the principles and praises of algebraic science were sung in an elaborate poem by Alcassem, a native of Grenada.

    History of the Moors of Spain M. Florian

  • Casiri had, however, opened the door for further researches; and he was followed in the same path by Don Faustino de

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various

  • Casiri, a Spanish author, attributes the invention of cotton paper to Joseph Amru, in this year, at Mecca; but it is well known that the Chinese and Persians were acquainted with its manufacture before this period.

    Forty Centuries of Ink 1904

  • However, it is to be noted in this connection that Casiri [37] also mentions the same writer as the author of a most celebrated work on arithmetic.

    The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

  • [Casiri, loc. cit., p. 427.] [31] Maçoudi, _Le livre de l'avertissement et de la révision_.

    The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

  • It is highly probable that the remnants of Andalusian libraries were brought to light by Casiri (b. 1710, d. 1791) during the past, and by Gayangos during the present century, and it is doubtful if much more will ever now be discovered.

    Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature F. F. Arbuthnot 1867

  • [27] Casiri, Bibliotheca Escurialensis, tom.ii. pp. 250-258.

    The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 William Hickling Prescott 1827

  • [39] Casiri mentions one of these universal geniuses, who published no less than a thousand and fifty treatises on the various topics of Ethics,

    The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 William Hickling Prescott 1827

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